North Korean cinema: a history

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Like many ideological dictatorships of the twentieth century, North Korea has always considered cinema an indispensible propaganda tool. No other medium penetrated the whole of the population so thoroughly, and no other medium remained so strictly and exclusively under state control. Through movies, the two successive leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il propagandized their policies and sought to rally the masses behind them, with great success. This volume chronicles the history of North Korean…

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Full title :North Korean cinema : a history / Johannes Schönherr.

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Publication Date:2012.

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Publisher(s):McFarland & Company, Inc
Place of Publication:Jefferson, North Carolina
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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E-bok.

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Description:1 online resource (PDF (215 s.))

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ISBN:9780786490523, 0786490527
oclc:ocn940864263
Dewey Decimal:791.43095193

Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. At the Pyongyang Film Festival; 2. The Early Years; 3. The Korean War (1950-1953); 4. The Establishment of Juche; 5. Kim Jong Il Enters the Scene; 6. Shin Sang-ok Active in North Korea (1983-1986); 7. Shin Sang-ok's Influence on Concurrent North Korean Cinema (1984-1986); 8. The Post-Shin Sang-ok Years (1986-1993); 9. Famine and the Death of Kim Il Sung (1994-1999); 10. The Sunshine Years (2000-2008); 11. Post-Sunshine: The Most Recent Films (2009-2011); 12. Ten Zan, an Italian Coproduction: Ferdinando Baldi's Ultimate Mission.

13. Audience Perspectives: Interviews with North Korean DefectorsAppendix: Original Korean Film Titles; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Cinéma -- Histoire. -- Corée du Nord Cinéma -- Industrie -- Corée du Nord Film -- historia History Korea (North) Motion picture industry Motion picture industry -- History. -- … Motion pictures Motion pictures -- History. -- Korea (N… Nordkorea